Trinkeri: “Vezenkov starts the game with 10 shots, looks at the referees and takes them”

The… easy, difficult things he did on Friday night (11/10) o Olympic in SEF, with the “red and white” prevailing with a lot of stress in the final 74-68 of Zalgiris for the 2nd matchday of the Euroleague.

With his statements after the end of the match, the Lithuanian coach, Andrea Trinkeri, congratulated the Piraeus for their fair victory, stressing that he was satisfied with the fighting image shown by his players.

Among other things, the Italian technician stood at many executed shots of Olympiakos, but mainly his Sasha Vezenkovwhile he emphasized that his team Giorgos Bartzokas she is one of those who, because of her quality, no one wants to be her rival.

Andrea Trinkeri’s statements:



“It’s early October and it feels like mid-May. Many contacts. Many hard phases. We were shocked in the first quarter. Basically, we were missing layups, putting the ball straight into the hands of the Olympiakos players and nothing could work. We kind of regrouped and played three amazing periods. We were behind by 18 and took the game to 2 points. Sometimes it’s better for a coach to see a lot of basketball mistakes, but to see a team with will, passion and not giving up. It is very difficult to play against this Olympiacos. After the loss to Fener they put in an effort in defense that was ‘wow’. We started the game with three offensive fouls.

Congratulations to Giorgos Bartzokas, to the Olympiakos players, they deserved to win, but I’m going home as a proud coach. The team gave me everything. I want to see the positive things. We were competitive. Great game from Olympiakos.

It is very rare that Fal and Milutinov dominate the game together. Either one or the other. Petrusev and Wright give options. I think they were very good defensively, especially Wright. Nobody wants to play with Olympiakos. They have a system they have been running for years.

Vezenkov is back. Vezenkov starts the game with 10 shots, we don’t know how. He looks at the referee, two shots, looks the other way, two more shots. Then it is very difficult. Olympiacos is one of the best teams by far and they know it and play like a team that wants to win. Even Fournier coming from the NBA you think needs an adjustment, no. He may not score, but he uses his body very well. They are good.”